[sdiy] roland gk-1

[nN AAt e e]

> Anyone here familiar with the roland gk-1 divided pickup driver?  I have a
> gr-100 and a gk-1 driver but no pickup.  the gk-1 driver has a 15 pin
> attachment for the divided pickup, a controller box that mounts on the
> guitar with 4 controller knobs and a guitar input jack as well as a 24 pin
> output connector.  I need to build a pickup.  Does anyone know if any hex
> guitar pickup will work? ( I think I have an old gvox around here
somewhere)
>   I have the service notes for the gk-1 driver.  The hex pickup connects
by
> a 15 pin connector.  Looks like low E goes to the first 3 pins and each
> following string goes to the corresponding next 2 pins.  All I needed to
> know was if the output of the gk-1 is different than any other divided
> pickup or if any mods would be needed when using something like the gvox
> divided pickup.

yup, any hex pickup should work [wired correctly that is]... i've got
pinouts and other stuff for the gk-2, but don't know if i have stuff for the
gk-1... maybe harry does? also, see if you can find the patent pages online
for the gk-1, since i'm pretty sure that has info on the standards roland
has for the pickups.

i'm not sure about the gvox... but the pickup from any 24 pin standard
guitar synth pickup/controllers should work...

you should also be able to use any divided piezo bridge with a synth pickup,
though i'm not sure about that, search around and you will probably find
something.

- nate [ if you want to go all out and buy a semi-beat up g-707 and gr-700
(w/ cable!) let me know :P ]